Communication is the dissemination of information from source to receiver. More importantly it is the ability of a source of information to create understanding in the receiver. Communicating well explores techniques, perspectives, and mindsets deployed by the source to achieve a high-level of understanding on the part of the receiver. Communication is used to obtain knowledge and understanding and to confer it.
One of the worst things about writing is striving to capture with words the ineffable ephemera of a truly good life. There are times when naming a thing destroys it. Being familiar with both the phrase ”le mot juste,” and the tradition it represents, I nonetheless find myself swayed by the concept of linguistic relativism, …
The word narrative is a noun meaning: a spoken or written account of connected events, a story. That’s it. That’s the whole definition. There is no lurking subterfuge. There is no attempted brain-washing. There is nothing nefarious about the word. Are there some narratives that do those things? Undoubtedly. The purpose of some narratives is …
One of my favorite lines in a Grateful Dead song comes from the tune, Scarlet Begonias. “Once in a while you can get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right.” This has been true for me. All that it sometimes takes to see a previously hidden truth is …
